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retrovirus
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ret·ro·vi·rus
/ ˌretrōˈvīrəs; ˈretrōˌvīrəs/
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n. Biol.
any of a group of RNA viruses that insert a DNA copy of their genome into the host cell in order to replicate, e.g., HIV.
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RETROVIRUS MAY CURE DISEASES IF FUTURE.(Living Today)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 12/10/1986; 700+ words
; ...those innate retroviruses do not cause diseases...time, it is a retrovirus that is causing...or cripples - retroviruses are "slow" viruses...Instead, the retrovirus quietly incorporates...the role of retroviruses has started to...Not only is the retrovirus the culprit behind...
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RESEARCHERS DISCOVER THAT SHEEP NEED RETROVIRUSES FOR REPRODUCTION
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/11/2006; 700+ words
; ...particular, a class of endogenous retroviruses, known as endogenous retroviruses related to Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus or enJSRVs, are critical during...the placenta begins to develop. Retroviruses, such as human immunodeficiency...
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Consider testing all feline dental patients for retrovirus infection
Magazine article from: DVM; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...affected with stomatitis were retrovirus-positive. The clinical...calicivirus titers. Illness in retrovirus-infected cats is often...than a direct effect of the retrovirus infection. Previous studies...of cats affected by these retroviruses present to veterinarians...
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Researchers in University of Georgia's College of Veterinary Medicine Discover a Mechanism That Blocks Replication of a Retrovirus.
News Wire article from: AScribe Medicine News Service; 7/20/2004; 700+ words
; ...Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus or JSRV...endogenous retroviruses protect hosts...causing retroviruses. Palmarini...endogenous retrovirus called enJS56A1...endogenous retroviruses that interfere...infective retrovirus replication...
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FEATURE: RETROVIRUS-CANCER BACK IN SPOTLIGHT
News Wire article from: United Press International; 4/13/2001; 700+ words
; ...13-2001 Feature: Retrovirus-cancer back in spotlight...the subcategory of retroviruses -- are undergoing...are intrigued by a retrovirus that causes breast...view is that the mouse retrovirus, or a related human...or liver cancer. "Retroviruses clearly cause a number...
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Data on retrovirus reported by researchers at Montana State University.
Newspaper article from: Virus Weekly; 11/3/2009; 700+ words
; ...reconstruct a fish retrovirus phylogeny, thereby...the epsilon-retrovirus family. Most of these novel retroviruses encode additional...University (see also Retrovirus). The researchers...more ancient, retroviruses began infecting...
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ANCIENT RETROVIRUS RESURRECTED AT ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/20/2007; 700+ words
; ...a fossil record of retroviruses that used to infect...understand how humans and retroviruses co-evolved - they...resurrected an ancient retrovirus, one that can create...month. The extinct retroviruses embedded in our DNA...
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RNA lariat may tie up loose ends to decades-old mystery of retrovirus life cycle; Studies of baker's yeast may lead to drugs to fight HIV.
M2 Presswire; 1/12/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...and the harmless retrovirus- like elements in...models for HIV and other retroviruses because all encode...difference is that retroviruses eventually leave to...while the yeast's retrovirus-like elements remain...host cell. Only a few retroviruses are known to infect...
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Vitamin E deficiency and immune dysfunction in retrovirus-infected C57BL/6 mice are prevented by T-cell receptor peptide treatment
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 5/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...6 mice were infected with LP-BM5 retrovirus, causing murine acquired immunodeficiency...functionally similar to human AIDS. Retrovirus infection inhibited release of T-helper...postinfection significantly inhibited the retrovirus-induced immune dysfunction, concomitantly...
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RNA lariat may tie up loose ends to decades-old mystery of retrovirus life cycle.
Newspaper article from: Virus Weekly; 1/27/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...and the harmless retrovirus-like elements in...models for HIV and other retroviruses because all encode...difference is that retroviruses eventually leave to...while the yeast's retrovirus-like elements remain...host cell. Only a few retroviruses are known to infect...
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Retroviruses
Book article from: World of Microbiology and Immunology
...addition to RNA, retroviruses contain an enzyme...that allows the retrovirus to make a DNA...the infecting retrovirus. In effect...produces more retroviruses. Because reverse...infection. Because retroviruses affect a permanent...recovery from a retrovirus infection does...
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Retrovirus
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Retrovirus Retroviruses are viruses in...was the first retrovirus to be discovered...proposed that retroviruses accomplished...addition to RNA, retroviruses contain an enzyme...that allows the retrovirus to make a DNA...
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retrovirus
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
retrovirus An RNA-containing virus that converts...integrated into its host's DNA. Some retroviruses can cause cancer in animals: they contain...into eukaryotic cells. The best-known retrovirus is HIV , responsible for AIDS in humans...
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Oncogenes
Book article from: Genetics
...These RNA tumor viruses, called "retroviruses," carry an RNA genome that, once...into the genome of a host cell. Some retroviruses are slow to cause tumors. After infection...signals that can lead to cancer. Other retroviruses cause tumors to appear very quickly...
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Reverse Transcriptase
Book article from: Genetics
...transcriptase is essential for retroviruses such as HIV-1 (the virus...gene expression. Discovery Retroviruses were originally known as...the causative agent was a retrovirus. Like other retroviruses, HIV-1 contains reverse...
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